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Friday, July 17, 2026
Jehaaz-Akil Khaliq Echoles
A North Carolina man allegedly kicked down his ex-girlfriend's apartment door and fatally stabbed his 5-year-old son before leaving and heading to Taco Bell.
Jehaaz-Akil Khaliq Echoles, 31, was charged with first-degree murder, the Pineville Police Department said Thursday.
Officers responded shortly after midnight Thursday to the Sabal Point Apartments in Pineville for a report of an assault with a deadly weapon. When they arrived at the home, they found the victim with multiple stab wounds.
The officers immediately began rendering emergency medical care to the child before rushing him to the hospital in a patrol car.
The boy was later pronounced dead at the hospital.
Echoles' ex-girlfriend, who is also the child's mother, said the man broke into the apartment, entered their son's room and closed the door, according to an arrest affidavit, WGHP reported.
She said she heard a commotion and went to the bedroom and opened the door, at which point Echoles fled, according to the affidavit. She found her son bleeding and unresponsive, covered in stab wounds to his head, neck and arms, and she immediately called 911.
The woman and another child in the home were unharmed.
Echoles was later arrested at a nearby Taco Bell, according to police.
Police said this was a domestic incident and not a random act of violence. The motive for the attack is unclear.
Echoles has a previous criminal history of assault.
This includes a conviction in North Carolina for assault on a woman in an October 2020 incident. He also has multiple other assault-related cases going through the court system.
He has been accused of two assaults on women this year. In one case, he allegedly beat a woman with a belt. In the other, he threw keys at a woman after he borrowed her car and refused to return it.
Echoles is being held in the Mecklenburg County Jail without bond. His next court date is scheduled for July 30.
Abdirahman Abdi Abdullahi
MINNEAPOLIS –An Eden Prairie man has been sentenced to 180 months in prison for setting fire to a townhome while five people, including an infant, were inside, announced U.S. Attorney Daniel N. Rosen.
According to court documents, on May 31, 2024, at 11:27 a.m., the Eden Prairie Fire Department responded to a fire in a townhome. When the fire started, there were five people in the house, including one adult man and four children. When emergency responders arrived, they met the adult male occupant and three children outside, but the fourth child, a nine-month-old baby (Minor A), was still in the burning house. Eden Prairie firefighters entered the residence and found Minor A, who survived the fire but needed to be transported by ambulance to the hospital.
According to court documents and the record at sentencing, Abdirahman Abdi Abdullahi, 23, was on probation for violating a restraining order that prohibited him from contacting Minor A’s mother, who lived in the burned home. Two days before the fire, Abdullahi sent a threatening
message to Minor A’s mother stating, “when I see u I’m smoke u.” On that same day, Abdullahi arrived at the door of the house and threatened to kill Minor A’s mother. The day of the fire, Abdullahi used rental car rented by a third party. He traveled to a nearby gas station with a red gas can, which he filled with gasoline. He then parked the car in a parking lot down the street from the burned home where it was hidden by a row of hedges. Wearing plastic gloves, he carried the gas can and a large plastic bag, later found to be full of clothes, through the hedges to the victim’s home. A fire investigation showed that Abdullahi used that gas can to douse the bag of clothes, which he set fire to at the entrance of the home. The flames collapsed the garage roof, melted the front doorknob, and ultimately destroyed the home. The fire damaged neighboring townhomes, as well.
Abdullahi pleaded guilty to Arson Resulting in Personal Injury as charged in the Indictment. At sentencing, the Court found that Abdullahi’s intended to cause the death of Minor A’s mother when he set the fire. The Court noted Abdullahi’s level of planning and his “calculated, cold” preparation. As a result, the sentence for Arson followed the sentencing guidelines for Attempted Murder.
This case is the result of an investigation conducted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Minnesota State Fire Marshal, the Eden Prairie Police Department, and the Eden Prairie Fire Department.
Assistant U.S. Attorneys William C. Mattessich and Matthew C. Murphy prosecuted the case.
Updated May 11, 2026
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Domestic Terrorism
Violent Crime
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Monday, July 13, 2026
In Chicago, Criminal Illegals come before American citizens
Chicago Mayor’s “ICE-Free Zones” Shield Violent Criminal Illegals, Abandon Citizens
Today, in a disgusting betrayal of every law-abiding citizen, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson declared city spaces as “ICE-free zones.” Johnson’s pathetic excuse that enforcing our nation’s immigration laws somehow “undermines community trust” exposes his true loyalty: to criminal illegal alien predators, not the terrified families of Chicago.
Shielding the most depraved, violent criminal illegal aliens from justice is not only an insult to every Chicagoan, it’s also a dangerous intensification of Democrats’ lunatic “sanctuary” agenda where criminal illegals come before American citizens.
This sick policy coddles criminal illegal alien killers, rapists, and gangbangers who prey on innocent Americans — like these predators ICE has taken off the streets of Chicago in recent days:
Stefan Cseve, an Austrian national with convictions for sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual abuse, numerous sexual predator in a public park offenses, child sex offender loitering, violation of the sex offender registry and pending charges for murder and rape or sexual abuse of a minor.
Refugio Ramirez-Larios, a Mexican national with convictions for felony possession of a weapon, concealing homicidal death, possession of cocaine, weapon offense, crimes against a person, and traffic offenses.
Angel Galindo Viveros, a Mexican national with convictions for armed carjacking, armed criminal action, driving a vehicle without a license, possession of a firearm by a felon, robbery, and traffic offenses.
Yushell Alejandro Yin Del Toro, a Mexican national with convictions for domestic violence, battery, two counts of resisting an officer, and two pending charges of assault.
Blanca Cecillia Sanchez-Sanchez, a Venezuelan national and confirmed member of the brutal Tren de Aragua gang.
Antonio Rosales-Rodriguez, a Mexican national with convictions or arrests for domestic violence, theft, DUI, and criminal transmission of HIV.
Cristobal Carias Masin, a Salvadoran national with convictions for statutory rape, fraud, and aggravated felony, and pending charges for assault and failure to register as a sex offender.
Jose Sanchez-Torres, a Mexican national with convictions for exposing himself to a child, domestic violence, and driving without a license. He was ordered removed from the U.S. in 2004
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